9 Ways to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in New York City

Starting Thursday, September 15th (and running to Saturday, October 15th) is Hispanic Heritage Month, an annual event celebrating the histories, cultures, and contributions of Latinos from the diaspora and Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Here are some special events happening in NYC for the month:

ART at El Museo del Barrio

Kick off HHM by having coffee time with the curator of El Museo del Barrio as she gives you a personal, private tour of the museum’s latest exhibition, ANTONIO LOPEZ: Future FunkFashion on Thursday, September 15th from 9:30am to 11:00am. For more details, go here.

Damaly Gonzalez is a traveler, Latino culture lover, yogi and mentor director. Born and raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn from Puerto Rican parents. Damaly, which means beautiful vision in Arabic, has been around the world, everywhere from Brazil to India. In the Summer of 2012, after deciding to quit her two jobs, she backpacked the Caribbean...